 Smile.
You are now entering Planet Fun," says
a hastily scribbled poster stuck on the
main glass door of Birla Sun Life Insurance's
sixth floor office in a small bylane in
a Mumbai suburb. You wonder what that means.
The workplace itself looks no different
from any dowdy finance company office. There
are the regulation cubicle farms, the computers,
the files,... What is different is the nervous
energy the young employees exude.
They feel the thrill of
working in a high-growth industry. Shrikant
Sharma, a
senior executive and chartered accountant,
has little time to think of anything else.
With just a few years experience in insurance,
he is now responsible for key filings to
the insurance regulator. Ravindra Mukaddam,
a senior manager who joined from Life Insurance
Corporation, has his calendar bulging with
schedules for the insurance-related training
programme he designs for recruits. Says
Sharma: "The organisation gives you
all the work you can do. That makes us eager
to come back to work each day."
Smile. You are now entering Planet Fun,"
says a hastily scribbled poster stuck on
the main glass door of Birla Sun Life Insurance's
sixth floor office in a small bylane in
a Mumbai suburb. You wonder what that means.
The workplace itself looks no different
from any dowdy finance company office. There
are the regulation cubicle farms, the computers,
the files,... What is different is the nervous
energy the young employees exude.
They feel the thrill of
working in a high-growth industry. Shrikant
Sharma, a senior executive and chartered
accountant, has little time to think of
anything else. With just a few years experience
in insurance, he is now responsible for
key filings to the insurance regulator.
Ravindra Mukaddam, a senior manager who
joined from Life Insurance Corporation,
has his calendar bulging with schedules
for the insurance-related training programme
he designs for recruits. Says Sharma: "The
organisation gives you all the work you
can do. That makes us eager to come back
to work each day."
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